High-speed rail in Germany

system of high-speed trains predominantly running in Germany and its surrounding countries

Thalys (French: ) was a brand name used for high-speed train services between Paris Gare du Nord and both Amsterdam Centraal and German cities in the Rhein-Ruhr, including Aachen, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Essen and Dortmund, both via Brussels-South.

The ' () or rail zeppelin' was a one-off experimental locomotive which resembled a Zeppelin airship in appearance. It was designed and developed by the German aircraft engineer Franz Kruckenberg in 1929. Propulsion was by means of a pusher propeller located at the rear: it accelerated the railcar to setting the land speed record for a petrol powered rail vehicle. Only a single example was ever built, which due to safety concerns remained out of service and was finally dismantled in 1939.

overview of the high-speed rail system in Germany

second-highest train service in Germany

railway tunnel in Hesse

preserved German 4-6-2 locomotive

EuroCity Express, or short ECE, is a category of Eurocity train marketed by Deutsche Bahn that runs on two routes as of 2021. It was created to classify a newly introduced international high speed train service in a higher category - equivalent to the Intercity-Express (ICE) - than the existing Eurocity, which is equivalent to the "second tier" domestic Intercity (IC).

thumb|250px|An Allersberg-Express consist approaching Allersberg (Rothsee) railway station|Allersberg station Allersberg-Express was the brand name for the RegionalBahn train service between Nuremberg and Allersberg in Bavaria in southern Germany, operated by Deutsche Bahn. It started operations on 10 December 2006 and is one of the few regional trains to run on a German high-speed line. The total journey time was about fifteen minutes; the train was subject to the fare structure of the Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg. The Allersberg-Express was also called the R9 Express on VGN network web

Alleo was a railway company between 2007 and 2018 that managed high-speed rail passenger services between France and Germany. The company was a joint subsidiary of SNCF and Deutsche Bahn (DB) with headquarters in Saarbrücken and later Strasbourg.